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Untranslatability is the property of text or speech for which no equivalent can be found when translated into another (given) language. A text that is considered to be untranslatable is considered a lacuna, or lexical gap. The term arises when describing the difficulty of achieving the so-called perfect translation.
Every conversation involves turn-taking, which means that whenever someone wants to speak and hears a pause, they do so. Pauses are commonly used to indicate that someone's turn has ended, which can create confusion when someone has not finished a thought but has paused to form a thought; in order to prevent this confusion, they will use a filler word such as um, er, or uh.
Spanish manzana de Adán calques English Adam's apple (nuez de Adán, meaning "Adam's nut", in standard Spanish), which in turn is a calque of French pomme d'Adam See also: Spanglish Also technological terms calqued from English are used throughout the Spanish-speaking world:
Apparently foreign words which are used as the English variant word in some forms of English (such as serviette (French for napkin), which is the common term used in several varieties of English) Redirects that support administrative functions such as the merger or movement of content. (such as Aap Ka Himesh, Abax or Affenbrot)
Since Google Translate uses statistical matching to translate, translated text can often include apparently nonsensical and obvious errors, [144] often swapping common terms for similar but nonequivalent common terms in the other language, [145] as well as inverting sentence meaning. [146]
SpanishDict is a Spanish-American English reference, learning website, [1] and mobile application. [2] The website and mobile application feature a Spanish-American English dictionary and translator, verb conjugation tables, pronunciation videos, and language lessons. [3] SpanishDict is managed by Curiosity Media. [4]
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